Five Reasons Lady Gaga Doesn't Matter Anymore

She had the most Twitter followers in the world. She had number-one single after number-one single. And she had a legion of obsessively adoring fans at her every beck and call.

Well, she probably still has those Little Monsters. But in a lot of ways, Lady Gaga has really fallen off. Did you realize she didn't release a single bit of music in the entire 12 months of 2012? Sure, she seemed busy, but things are really taking their toll.

We know it seems hard to believe. Especially with all the news of her struggle with bulimia, her new perfume Fame, and her various charitable endeavors. But the people at marketing group Accuracast realized the other day that no one is paying attention. In fact, people have been paying less and less attention to Gaga since her Internet popularity peak in May 2010. She's been in a mostly steady decline. The facts are all there, you just have to check Google trends.

She Is Bored with Herself

Now, this might seem like a trickier trend to pick up on. Because you can't just ask some search engine for stats on Gaga's inner turmoil. But if you pay attention, it just doesn't seem like Gaga is feeling very inspired. She's constantly demonizing her own famous situation. Have you seen the commercial for her perfume? And she's killing the rebirth metaphor with overuse. The egg on the red carpet was one thing, but she's got like, four different rebirth cycles on this latest Born This Way Ball tour. Looking for something new, Gaga?

And that's not necessarily anyone's fault but her own. Gaga's the one who turned her back on the world in 2012, decided not to release a single minute of music. Sure, she's holed up in the studio working on Artpop. But while she's writing what she promises is, like, two albums worth of material, Justin Bieber has taken control of the Twitter universe, passing her for most followers in the world. Katy Perry is winning more Grammys and earning more number-one singles than even makes sense. Carly Rae Jepsen ... was a thing. C'mon Gaga, you're slipping. What are you doing?

She Debuted Songs on Farmville

And then there's this sad piece of information. In fact, the last time Gaga experienced anything close to her former Google glory of May 2010 was when she released some new music ... On Farmville.

Yeah, the same Farmville as that dumb game on Facebook your mom wouldn't stop sending you invites for. No, mom, I won't help feed your cows. No, Gaga, I don't want to listen to your Farmville single. That right there is the most irrelevant thing we've ever heard.

Will 2013 be a new year of relevancy for Gaga? Or have we all just kinda stopped caring?